National Geographic Kids USA - August 2017

Book

and

App

JONATHAN HALLING / NG STAFF (LIGH

SOCCER FIELD AND EGG); MICHAEL ROSENFELD / GETTY IMAGES (CHOCOLATE)

outrageous facts.

BY MARILYN TERRELL

4 AUGUST 2017

THE LONGEST RAW EGG TOSS WAS 107

YARDS—LONGER THAN A SOCCER FIELD.

A BRITISH

CANDY-

MAKER

ONCE

CREATED A

NINE

AND-A-HALF-

FOOT-TALL

BILLBOARD

MADE ENTIRELY OF

CHOCOLATE.

Americans

eat

7 billion

hot dogs

between

Memorial Day

and

Labor Day.

HTNING, VOTE BUTTON, JELLYFISH,

GET

MORE!

of jellyfish

is called a

smack.

A group

The air

around a

lightning

strike

is 5 times

hotter

than the sun.

The average

dream lasts

about 20

minutes.

IF THE LONGEST

BLUE

WHALE

ND ON ITS

IL,

WOULD BE AS

ALL

AS A 10 -STORY BUILDING.